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Greek removal of femicide artwork in US draws fire
Greece’s foreign minister was criticised Wednesday for removing an artpiece addressing femicide from the country’s consulate in New York. The “Flag” by Brooklyn-based visual artist Georgia Lale is composed of …
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Greek PM shares ‘satisfaction’ over EU migration reform deal
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Wednesday announced his “satisfaction” with an agreement to reform the EU’s migration laws, calling it “an important response” to Greece’s calls for change. The accord …
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Greece adopts migrant labour law amid legalisation row
Greece’s conservative government on Tuesday pushed through a controversial law offering limited legal status to migrant workers, overriding the opposition of several of its own lawmakers including a former prime …
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Patrol guard strike shuts down Acropolis in Athens
The Acropolis in Athens was shut Tuesday with guards at Greece’s top tourist site protesting against plans to assign ticket control duties to private contractors. “This act deprives Acropolis colleagues …
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50 years of EU expansion: who’s in and who wants to join?
The European Union, which agreed on Thursday to open formal membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years. European Council …
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Rights NGOs say Greek probes into migrant shipwreck not progressing
Greece’s investigations into how its coastguard responded to one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean have made “little meaningful progress,” two major human rights watchdogs said Thursday. …
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Greek football league president resigns after violence
Vangelis Marinakis said Tuesday he was stepping down as president of the Greek Super League after the government announced matches will be played without spectators until February 12 following a …
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Greek football without spectators till February in violence crackdown
Greek football matches will be played behind closed doors until February 12, the government announced on Monday, in an attempt to clamp down on violence at sports events. The decision …
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Greece showcases British Museum vase in rare loan
A 2,500-year-old Greek vase that has never left the British Museum in 250 years went on display at the Acropolis Museum in Athens this week, organisers said on Tuesday. But …
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First nine-party Greek parliament in decades formalised
A group of rebel Greek leftist lawmakers on Monday formalised a ninth group in the country’s parliament, a first in decades. The 11 lawmakers, who last month split away from …